Linda Morganstein

Linda Morganstein is an award-winning, overeducated fiction writer who happens to be the product of a Borscht Belt childhood in the Jewish hotels of the Catskills. In the seventies, she dropped out of Vassar College and drove a VW van to California, where she lived in Sonoma County for many years. Later, she studied creative writing with Jane Smiley in Iowa. She currently resides in the Twin Cities of Minnesota with her understanding partner and intrepid dog, Sherman.

Linda’s mystery series features Alexis Pope, self-defense instructor and recovering cynic. The first of the series, Ordinary Furies, was published in April, 2007 (Spinsters Ink). 

BREAKING NEWS!! I have just signed a contract with Regal Crest Press for the novel MY LIFE WITH STELLA KANE. See my What's Up page for more details. 

MORE BREAKING NEWS!!  I will be a featured writer in July on Nann Dunne's well-respected newsletter/website. See my What's Up page.

Have an interesting self-defense story? See my What's Up page.